My therapist took a new job. He’ll be working with the legally criminally insane. I’m sad he has to go. I’m lined up for a new therapist starting at the end of December. I gave him a thank you card today since it was my last time seeing him. He said he’s going to frame it.
I’m a little worried about his safety. He’s about 5’4” and when he met my 6’6” body building husband he became very nervous and acted really strange around him. My husband got a very bad impression of him as a result. So hopefully he can handle tough criminally insane men. My husband is very kind.
I know this is a new chapter in my life, but I’m very nervous. I’m afraid my new case manager and new therapist like me. I’m scared they’ll turn me away or not understand my fears and paranoia.
I have been through several therapists over the years at the mental health center i go to. I am now with one that i really like and feel helps me. I hope you have a good experience with your new therapist. They are professionals so hopefully they will understand your fears and paranoia and be able to help you with that. This could end up being a really good thing for you. Good luck.
Thanks @disciple. When I saw my psychiatrist, she had a nurse practitioner with her. The nurse practitioner is in training. Anyway when I started talking about the men who follow me, her eyes got really big and she seemed frightened. It made me really uncomfortable. I hope the others won’t be like that.
For a while i saw a nurse practitioner and there were times i swear she had never heard the kind of things i was saying before in her life. I’m sorry, i know that can be uncomfortable. Hopefully the others won’t be that way. If it happens again, maybe mention it to your pdoc. You should feel comfortable when you’re there talking to them.
You’re right @disciple I should tell my pdoc how it made me feel.
I’m bumping this up because I’m genuinely struggling with this
I’m sure everything will go well for you @LilyoftheValley.
It’s natural to feel nervous.
It’s always upsetting when a case worker or therapist gets switched. It’s happened to me quite often, to where they rarely tell me what they’re doing afterward. I’m glad you’ve had a good relationship to your previous therapist.
Good luck with your new one, I hope they turn out alright, but don’t hesitate to switch if they aren’t working out.
@LilyoftheValley
Wonderful that you had such a great relationship with your therapist! It sounds like you are someone who is respectful and shows gratitude. That goes a long way. You will carry those qualities into your relationship with your next therapist. It will take time to build trust, but you have the skills to stay patient and kind.
I’ve met great counselors. You think there is one you connect with, and you couldn’t imagine it going that well with another person. But you find that it does. They have different gifts and skills that you didn’t realize you needed. You also grow and change, and as you do, a new therapist can help bring out new pieces of you.
Also, therapists go through years of school and training to help people. They aren’t all great, but most of them are genuinely compassionate and sympathetic. Your next one probably will be, too.
I can’t inagine how hard it is for you to say goodbye to your therapist. But it could go really well having a new one. It will take time to become friends and earn each other’s trust, but the adventure of it can be fun. You will learn new things about yourself along the way.
Thanks @FlyingPurplePeopleMeeter
I’m getting a new therapist in January second time in the past year. This therapist and the last therapist both got transferred to a new clinic in the mental health clinic’s network. I’m right there with you. I feel also kind of betrayed cause this is the second one to go to the other clinic and it’s like WTF are you trying to make me lose trust in the system again?
That’s what happened to me before I got the therapist who’s leaving. I’d see one a couple times and then they’d transfer. The one I just saw for the last time is leaving the whole network. It sucks.
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